Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2022/August

This is the August archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2022.

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
chachí noun (Argentina) Any of various South American tree ferns, including species of the genera Cyathea (syn. Trichipteris), Alsophila (syn. Nephelea), and Dicksonia.
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
इतिहास • (itihāsá) noun legend; tradition; traditional account of history; story heroic legend; epic (literally, “so it has been”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Basque
porru-hazi noun (informal) benefit, profit, gain
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
ձեռագիր • (jeṙagir) noun, adjective (noun) manuscript (noun) handwriting (adjective) handwritten
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Foreign word of the day  in Jamaican Creole
Bustamante backbone noun Bustamante backbone (hard confection made with grated coconut and ginger)
About Foreign Word of the Day • Archive • Nominate a word • Leave feedback Jamaican Independence Day; 60th anniversary of the Independence of Jamaica

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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
zwijntjesjager noun (Bargoens slang) bicycle thief (literally, “swine hunter”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
amator cudzej własności noun (idiomatic, humorous) thief (literally, “lover of other's property”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
abāctor noun A cattle thief; abactor or rustler. A man who abducts.
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Beischlafdiebstahl noun postcoital theft, especially by or with prostitutes
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
老千 (lǎoqiān / lou5 cin1) noun (chiefly Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) con man; cheat; swindler
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Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
הורג • (hoyreg) noun murder victim corpse
About Foreign Word of the Day • Archive • Nominate a word • Leave feedback The Night of the Murdered Poets took place on this date in 1952. Focus week: Crime

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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
медвежа́тник • (medvežátnik) noun bear leader bear hunter bear trainer bear enclosure; bear cage (hunting) broad double-edged knife (criminal slang) safecracker
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
morkkis noun (informal) drinker's remorse; hangxiety (informal) (extreme) remorse about something (e.g. buyer's remorse)
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
ordigno noun a complex device; contraption an explosive device, a bomb (dialectal) tool (figurative, obsolete) composition, makeup, structure
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
drepen verb To kill, slay To strike, hit (rare) To overcome, vanquish To drip, spatter To droop, lower
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
ρολόι • (rolói) noun clock, timepiece (instrument that measures or keeps track of time) watch, wristwatch (portable or wearable timepiece) clock tower (tower with clock with several faces and/or bells) (figuratively) meter (device that measures things) (rarely) passion flower (genus Passiflora)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ใส่เกียร์หมา • (sài-giia-mǎa) verb (slang, jocular, derogatory) to run, run away, or escape with great speed (literally, “to insert a dog gear”)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
orage noun thunderstorm storm, upset (literary) turmoil, tumult a device on an organ, which produces a "thunder" effect, usually by playing a large cluster chord on the pedalboard
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
kortbirdo noun domestic fowl (literally, “courtyard bird”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
بید • (bid) noun, proper noun (noun) willow (tree) (noun) moth; especially, the clothes moth or other types of moths that cause damage to crops or fabric, or the larva thereof (proper noun, India, obsolete) Veda (Hindu scripture)
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
ý nhị adjective full of hidden meaning
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
biseach noun intercalary day or year increase, addition improvement (especially with regard to health), recovery, recuperation
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Foreign word of the day  in Old High German
wēwurt noun (poetic) disastrous fate or destiny
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
κάμαξ • (kámax) noun vine pole, prop any pole or shaft tiller (in the plural) steering paddles tent pole perch for fowls
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Foreign word of the day  in Afrikaans
ounooi noun (historical) the wife of the baas, lady of the house old lady female owner of a pet, mistress
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
歩行者天国 • (hokōsha tengoku) noun pedestrian-only street, pedestrian mall (literally, “pedestrian heaven”)
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